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ing in June. Var. ROTUNDiF6LiA, Torr. & Gray, appears to be only a broad- 

 leaved form. 



Var. (?) oblongifblia, Torr. & Gray. A smaller tree or shrub (6 - 10 

 high), the young leaves and racemes densely white-tomentose ; leaves oblong 

 or sometimes rather broadly elliptical, acute, mostly rounded at base, finely 

 serrate, 1 - 2' long ; flowers in denser and shorter racemes ; petals 3 - 4" long, 

 oblong-spatulate ; fruit similar but more juicy, on shorter pedicels. Low 

 moist grounds or swampy woods ; N. Brunswick to Va., west to Minn, and Mo. 



A form of this with broader leaves (broadly elliptical or rounded), often very 

 obtuse at the summit, and rounded, subcordate or acute at base, and usually 

 coarsely toothed, is common from Manitoba to Minn, and Iowa, and is some- 

 times cultivated for its fruit. 



2. A. oligocrpa, Roem. A low shrub 2-4 high, soon glabrous; 

 leaves thin, oblong, acute at both ends, finely serrate, 1-2' long ; flowers few 

 (1 - 4), rather long-pedicelled ; petals oblong-obovate ; fruit broad-pyriform, dark 

 purple with a dense bloom. (A. Canadensis, var. oligocarpa, Torr. $ Gray.) 



Cold swamps and mountain bogs ; Lab. to northern N. Eng. and N. Y., and 

 the shores of Lake Superior. 



3. A. alnifblia, Nutt. A shrub 3-8 high, usually glabrate or nearly 

 so; leaves somewhat glaucous and thickish, broadly elliptical or roundish, 

 very obtuse or rarely acute, often subcordate at base, coarsely toothed toward 

 the summit, % - 2' long; raceme short and rather dense ; petals cuneate-oblong, 

 3 - 8" long ; fruit globose, purple. (A. Canadensis, var. alnifolia, Torr. $ 

 Gray ) A western mountain species, which occurs in Minn, and N. Mich., 

 and which the broad-leaved form of A. Canadensis sometimes closely simulates. 



ORDER 34. CALYCANTHACE^E. (CALYCANTHUS FAMILY.) 



Shrubs with opposite entire leaves, no stipules, the sepals and petals similar 

 and indefinite, the anthers adnate and extrorse, and the cotyledons convolute ; 

 the fruit like a rose-hip. Chiefly represented by the genus 



1. CALYCANTHUS, L. CAROLINA ALLSPICE. SWEET- 

 SCENTED SHRUB. 



Calyx of many sepals, united below into a fleshy inversely conical cup (with 

 some leaf-like bractlets growing from it) ; the lobes lanceolate, mostly colored 

 like the petals, which are similar, in many rows, thickish, inserted on the top 

 of the closed calyx-tube. Stamens numerous, inserted just within the petals, 

 short ; some of the inner ones sterile (destitute of anthers) . Pistils several or 

 many, enclosed in the calyx-tube, inserted on its base and inner face, resembling 

 those of the Rose ; but the enlarged hip dry when ripe, enclosing the achenes. 



The lurid purple flowers terminating the leafy branches. Bark and foliage 

 aromatic ; the crushed flowers exhaling more or less the fragrance of straw- 

 berries. (Name composed of /caAu, a cup or calyx, and &vdos, flower, from the 

 closed cup which contains the pistils.) 



1. C. fl6ridllS, L. Leaves oval, soft-downy underneath. Virginia^) and 

 southward, on hillsides in rich soil. Common in gardens. April -Aug. 



